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...Feet Under," weirdly, got none. And it turns out we critics got it all wrong: NBC's funny-for-the-wrong-reasons chefcom "Emeril" got an Emmy nomination (Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series). Someone must have slipped the judges a little foie gras with their screener tapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Emmys: Something Old, Something New | 7/18/2002 | See Source »

...detect explosives by testing a cloth that has swabbed the luggage. But these devices have problems too. They require two to three times as much staff as the EDS machines, and security experts say they are highly unreliable unless used according to strict protocols. As Time watched a Denver screener operate one of the trace machines, he had to punch it several times just to get it to register a clear signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airport Security: Welcome to America's Best-Run Airport* | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...about to board a flight to Las Vegas were fuming over having their bags searched for the second time in 20 minutes. "If we treated Americans traveling in Germany like this," griped the man, "it would be discrimination." Though the airport's two security firms declined to comment, a screener who spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity confided, "For me, profiling is the only way to be conscientious in doing the job. I make decisions based on who I wouldn't like to be seated next to on an airplane. If someone is unkempt and nervous or if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airport Security: Welcome to America's Best-Run Airport* | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...detect explosives by testing a cloth that has swabbed the luggage. But these devices have problems too. They require two to three times as much staff as the EDS machines, and security experts say they are highly unreliable unless used according to strict protocols. As TIME watched a Denver screener operate one of the trace machines, he had to punch it several times just to get it to register a clear signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation's Best Run Airport — and Why It's Still Not Good Enough | 7/7/2002 | See Source »

...about to board a flight to Las Vegas were fuming over having their bags searched for the second time in 20 minutes. "If we treated Americans traveling in Germany like this," griped the man, "it would be discrimination." Though the airport's two security firms declined to comment, a screener who spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity confided, "For me, profiling is the only way to be conscientious in doing the job. I make decisions based on who I wouldn't like to be seated next to on an airplane. If someone is unkempt and nervous or if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation's Best Run Airport — and Why It's Still Not Good Enough | 7/7/2002 | See Source »

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